Utah could become only US state to restore firing squad

[Jazzy]

Utah could become only US state to restore firing squad

Utah could become the only US state to restore the firing squad as a method of execution after lawmakers approved a bill on the emotive issue

The draft legislation, approved by the western US state's senate, would allow for a firing squad if drugs used for executions were unavailable, as has recently been the case in a number of US states.

The bill, approved by 18 votes to 10, according to the state legislature's Twitter feed, still has to be signed into law by Governor Gary Herbert.

Herbert, a Republican, has not indicated if he intends to approve it.

The sponsor of the bill, Republican lawmaker Paul Ray, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He is reported as saying that the firing squad is a quick and humane alternative to lethal injection.

Thoughts about restoring the firing squad?

 

[MrDawn]

Sure. what ever makes them happy.

 

[Jazzy]

I think bringing back firing squads is the most sensible thing politicians in any state could do next to limiting their number of terms to just 2. Bullets are what, maybe a buck or two while the cost of lethal injections are in the tens of thousands of dollars. Even paying salaries to firing squads, providing the firearms and ammunition, the costs actually drop every execution because the expended cartridges can be reused as well as the weapons unlike having to buy new drugs for each lethal injection execution.

 

[seasidemike]

I mean why not right....no point having all that national love for guns then start getting all sensitive about shooting bad guys.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Sounds fantastic and cheap for the tax payers.